पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 9, 2022 CE

🪷 आज: मेष सङ्क्रान्ति — Meṣa Saṅkrānti (Vaiśākhī / Vishu / Pohelā Boishākh / Bihu)
Sun enters Aries; solar new year. Regional: Vaiśākhī (Punjab) · Vishu (Kerala) · Pohelā Boishākh (Bengal) · Bihu (Assam) · Tamil Puthāṇḍu.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 6.42 · Chapter 6 · ध्यानयोग · Dhyāna-Yoga
अथवा योगिनामेव कुले भवति धीमताम्।

एतद्धि दुर्लभतरं लोके जन्म यदीदृशम्।।6.42।।
"6.42 Or, he may be born in the family of the wise sages, though a birth like this is, indeed, very difficult to obtain." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 6.42's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2079 Rākṣasa
Śaka Saṁvat: 1944 Śubhakṛt
Bengali Saṁvat: 1429
Malayalam Era: 1198
Nanakshahi: 553
Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)
Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Bava
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya24.26°MeṣaBharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra114.51°KarkaAśleṣā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala323.56°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2
बुध Budha40.50°VṛṣabhaRohiṇī P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati335.45°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P1
शुक्र Śukra342.84°MīnaUttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani300.56°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P3

Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)04:37 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:57 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)10:48 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)00:48 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)14 Hours 19 Mins 35 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)9 Hours 40 Mins 25 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta02:42 – 03:40
Prātaḥ Sandhyā03:25 – 04:37
Abhijit Muhūrta11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta14:10 – 15:07
Godhūli Muhūrta18:45 – 19:09
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:57 – 19:32
Amṛta Kāla18:42 – 20:27
Niśīta Muhūrta23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla06:25 – 08:12
Yamaganda09:59 – 11:47
Gulika Kāla13:34 – 15:22
Varjyam05:13 – 05:36
Dur Muhūrta 07:58 – 08:26

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Mānasa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta04:37 – 06:25 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla06:25 – 08:12 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha08:12 – 09:59 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga09:59 – 11:47 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg11:47 – 13:34 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:34 – 15:22 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha15:22 – 17:09 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta17:09 – 18:57 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala18:57 – 20:09 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha20:09 – 21:22 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta21:22 – 22:34 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:34 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha23:47 – 00:59 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga00:59 – 02:12 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg02:12 – 03:25 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala03:25 – 04:37 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°
Longitude: -87.6298°
Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:
-3137-12-25Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5124
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1871243.27
Julian Day2459708.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1652°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)93.14°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1652°), declination 17.31°, EoT 3.63 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2022-05-09 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)